Seminar: Gabriela da Silva

Throwing away to survive: senescence of rhizome as a mechanism adopted by clonal plants to remain young forever

Gabriela da Silva (Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences)

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Senescence is a stage of development in plants that occurs from cells to whole organisms. In clonal species, senescence of the clonal growth organ (e.g. rhizome) is a strategy that ensures a long-lived genetical individual (genet) is composed of young independent rooting units (ramets). Those plants shed old tissues and organs rather than preserving them. In this talk, we are going to understand the structural mechanisms involved in these processes and how to look for them.